Código 1530 Artesanal Mezcal

Código 1530's Artesanal is a tequila house's mezcal — the brand whose blancos are aged in Napa Cabernet barrels and counts George Strait among its investors partnered with artisanal families in San Juan del Río, Oaxaca, and brought the same instinct for wine oak to agave. It's an ensamble of espadín and wild tobalá — the prized, slow-growing Agave potatorum of the highland oak forests — cooked in a stone oven, crushed by tahona, and distilled in copper pots, then rested in Sauvignon Blanc wine barrels, a step almost no mezcal takes, which lends a subtle roundness without turning it into a reposado. Bottled at around 45% ABV; check your label. Mezcal Reviews describes vanilla, citrus, dark cherry, earth, stone, clay, and smoke. Expect a nose of roasted agave and soft smoke lifted by the tobalá's florals and a faint white-wine brightness from the barrel, opening into a smooth, layered palate where cooked-agave sweetness meets mineral earth and dark fruit, the Sauvignon Blanc cask adding a whisper of vanilla and citrus, finishing long and gently smoky. Honest note: purists will call the wine-barrel rest a tequila-brand move — it is, and it's what makes this bottle distinctive. For a Código drinker crossing into mezcal, a Mezcal Old Fashioned, or a neat pour with unusual polish, it carries the Jerusalem Cross into smokier country.

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